Praise

Australia

1998

98 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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CAST Peter Fenton, Sacha Horler, Marta Dusseldorp, Ray Bull, Joel Edgerton, Yvette Duncan, Gregory Perkins, Loene Carmen, Skye Wansey, Richard Green, Lynette Curran

MUSIC Warren Ellis, Antony Partos, Michael Turner

Toronto (Contemporary World Cinema): FIPRESCI Prize, Berlinale (Panorama), Sundance (World Cinema)

Synopsis

It’s a simple enough story: mismatched lovers, an old broken heart, a dream girl and no future. Gordon is a chain-smoking asthmatic with a rather rapid insipid libido. Cynthia is a slightly pudgy nymphomaniac with a bad case of eczema. After quitting his job at a Brisbane liquor store, Gordon makes a decision that will mark his life forever: becoming involved in Cynthia’s manic parlor of games and chemical and sexual excess. –Inbaseline

Director

John Curran

John Curran (born September 11, 1960) is an American film director and screenwriter.

Born in Utica, New York, Curran studied illustration and design at Syracuse University, then worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, and production designer in Manhattan before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1986. There he worked on television commercials before writing and directing the short film Down Rusty Down. For his debut feature film, the 1998 drama Praise, he was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction and won the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Director and the International Critics’ Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Six years passed before Curran tackled his next project, the independent film We Don’t Live Here Anymore, for which he was nominated for the Grand Special Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He followed this two years later with The Painted… read more

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Ingrid Bergman

24Mar13

Finally got to see this tonight and was not disappointed. John Curran's first feature film is an insightful look at vulnerability and the 2 leads: Peter Fenton and Sacha Horler are both excellent.